Problema Solution

For 6 consecutive years, Joan's age was divisible by her granddaughter's age. What were their ages during that period? (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.)

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Take a look at the list of first 30 prime numbers ascending and see which 2 prime neighbor numbers differ by more than 5. Then take the first of those 2 prime numbers and try it out.

We assume the granddaughter's age is: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 , 6,

One answer is:

1, 61

2, 62

3, 63

4, 64

5, 65

6, 66